CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0434
ARIANE 44L DEB (SPELDA)
ARIANE 44L DEB (SPELDA) (NORAD 20875) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20875
International designator
1990-091D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
12 Oct 1990Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 1991UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 months355 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.2°N to 7.2°SFinal inclination 7.2°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 7.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.2°N and 7.2°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 44L DEB (SPELDA)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Oct 1991
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-091Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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